Transferring and transporting apparatus



Oct. 18, 1932. B R 1,883,493

TRANSFERRING AND TRANSPORTING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 5, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l I, III

Oct. 18, 1932. w, R 1,883,493

TRANSFERRING AND TRANSPORTING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 3, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 j INVENTOR Albert W. erg

BYY

A NEY,

30 from the building into thecar, the guards bile truck in Position t communicate g tion between a conveyance, such as an ar- Fid- 4 i a r g s cti nal vi w aken 90 Patented Oct. 18, 1932 a i i if v I i UNETEDQSTATES; PATENT-OFFICE i i I ALBE T WJ'BEBG, or YORK, N. Y. i I i v rnansrmmine AND TRAnsron'rmG APPARATUS Application filed August 3, 1929. Serial m. 383,267.

This invention relates'to transferringand signaled to persons in'the interior of the transporting apparatus, and has particular building without any member of the conveyapplication to novel and useful improveance crew leaving'thelatter. Upon Such ig ments in means'for safely transporting and nal the proper person within the bank may 5 transferring valuables, such 'as bank funds,. actuate suitable mechanism to form'a clos d 55 mail m rcha di e, a d the1ike and protected connecting passageway be- In the present instance I have, by way of tween the conveyance and the interior [of jll1lst1'a13i 11 shown my invention as 111 the building t0 allowlthe delivery 01 removal bodied m th f rm of a a paratus for of packages and articles, as will be more fully in transporting and transferring valuables to I xplained hereafter. v

and from an establishment, such as a bank It is also my purpose to provide an apbut I wish it to be understood the invention PEI-rams which will embodyvthe desired feais not limited in its application to this particres of safety and efliciency, and through ular purpose, as it may be employed in any h m ium of, Which the BYM Oe of connection wh r i it use ay h f d packages or valuables between the convey- 65 advantageous d .de imbl I ance and the building, or vice versa, may be Because of the increased activity of crim-v c p d p dly nd onveniently and inals in the last decade or so it. has become 'W h a maXimum degree of protection, both th r cti f persons or companies ishi to the valuables and to the operators, guards, to transport valuables, such, for example, as or pe g g i y g out the W r 70,

mail, cash, jewelry, negotiable bank paper, O sfcr and transportation. and the like, to use armored automobiles 'With the above recited objects and others heavily guarded, and when unloading or of a similar nature in view, my invention conloading the cars, one or more guards must slsts in the construction, combination andjaraccompany packages into the bank or other a g m O p rts Set Orth in and falling building, while at least one guard must re W i the $00136 0f the app a main in the armoredcar. s During the move- I e accompanying drawingsments of the valuables from the car across g- 1 s & Sectional V eW' n" e evation of the usual sidewalk and into the building, or a o veyance, such as an armored automoare open to attack, and such attacks or raids h g he delivery device with the inteare often successful, particularly in a large of gc city, because of the crowd onlthe sidewalk Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation in and the consequent opportunity the criminals I1 Of the door of the truck and part have to make a successful escape due to the f h t T Ol' Of the body thereof; 7 8 n i confusion a d x it m t, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of O f th bj t f thi i ti i th the arrangement of the sidewalk door and p vi i f tr f rri g or t rti locking means therefor which is'adaptedto means which will provide direct communicabe ua ed by he conveyor chute;

mored car, and the interior of a selected through 4 -4: of Fig.1; 7 c building, without the necessity of any mem- Fig. 5 1s a plan view partly in section of' her or members of the car crew leavin the the interior of the truck, the sidewalk door latter for the purpose of transferring or pro-, and the Signaling circuit; 1

tecting the transfer of the valuables j from Fig. 6 is a detail-of the contacting device .95

the car to the building. I partly in section;

' A further object of the invention is to Fig. 7 is a detail illustrating thearrange- 1 provide means whereby the arrival of the nient of the conveyor belts adapted to travel conveyance at the building for the purpose of in opposite directions.

delivering or removing valuables may 'be' Referring to the drawings and especially thereto constituteelectric c'onductorsand are adapted to close the electric-circuit through the bell G, battery F and light L, when the arms are brought into contact with the plates 40-41.

A telephone communicating system is also forms a terminal for the conductor wire 60 connected in circuit with the'telephone T at the building end.

Thus, and projected into the chute head 36 of, the truck, its maximum distance, the contact 61 carried by the casing 10, is brought into engagement with the contact 61, and the circuit is closed betweenthe two telephones.

In operation the truck or car A drives up to the curb and positions itself opposite to the plates imbedded in the sidewalk so that when \the movable contact arms 50-5 1 are dropped they will contact with the plates LO-41 and form a closed circuit through the signaling apparatus in the building'and on the truck and thus notify the occupants of the building of the arrival of the truck and the readiness to transfer articles from or to the building, and also through the signal light 54, inform tlieoccupants of the truck that the latter is in proper position to transfer the valuables. The operator in the building then rotates crank 16 which actuatesthe rock and pinion mechanism which slides casing 10 upwardly so that arm 9 trips lever 8 and opensbolt 5 so that continued movement of casing 10 in an upward direction forces door 4 upwardly into its open position. An alarm bell may be connected to the door towarn passersby of the opening.

Such an alarm is quite generally used in sidewalk doors such as thoseover elevator shafts. Upon continued movement of sliding casing the sidewalk and enter the chute head 36 in the truck body until the contact 61' on the casing engages the contact 61 in the chute head. When such contact is made the telephone circuit is closed, sounding the telephone bell, within the truck, and the truck. occupant may converse with the operators within the building, and having ascertained that all is in readiness for the transfer of thepackages or valuables, will then unlatch the bolt 38 and lift the hinged door .37 covering the inner end of the chute head. Then, when motor 27 is started belts 20 and 21 begin to move in opposite directions, one adapted to carry arti-' oles from the building to the truck, and one adapted to carry them from the truckto the q 'y 7 only one directionat a time but would allow larger packages to be transmitted through the same size casing within the truck. Thewhen the movable casing is actuated 10 it will project upward through between a building building 'O'f course'itjisobvious that only one belt may be used. Driven by a reversible this" would produce an exchange in 10. After the desired articles are exchanged the casing is withdrawn-by the operator in the building and doore falls into placeand is lockedby 'spring bolt 5. v r a, l Q IVhile I have herein shown and described one embodimentof my invention, I wishit 'to be understood that I do not confine myself to all theprecise details, herein set forth by way of illustration, as variation -may be .made without departing the spiritof the invention or exceeding flT-hflSCOPG of the appended claims.

' For example, it will be understood that other types of conveying mechanism than an [endless beltconveyor may be employed, and

anysuitable sort of power mechanism may be anism as well as the sliding casing. It will any suitable sort of conveyance. It will further anism adapted to be used between the building and the truck may be wired into the usual alarm or protective system of the building itself; v

What I claim is:

1. In an apparatus for transferring valuable articles between a building and an armored traveling vehicle, a communicating closed and armored casing adapted-to be projected from said building into operating contact with said vehicle, and a plurality of endless belt conveyor means Within said casing adapted to transfer articles between the building and vehicle simultaneously in opposite directions;

r 2. In an apparatus for transferring articles and a traveling vehicle, a metal tubular member imbedded under the sidewalk and communicating with the interior of the buildin at one end and with an opening in the sidewalk at the other, a doorfor said opening, a conveyor casing slidable in said tubular member and adapted to be moved upwardly through the opening modification and j be understood that if desired,the arrangement of the apparatus might be re-' versed. In other words, instead of having the. conveyors operated from within the building, a relatively shortconveying appautilized for actuatin the conve in mech- 'iii the sidewalk and into with said vehicle.

3.In an apparatus'for transferring articles between aobuilding and a traveling vehicle, a tubular member imbedded underthe sidewalk and communicating with the interior of the building at one end and with an opening in the sidewalk at the'other, a con-V veyor' casing slidable in said tubular, member and adapted to be moved upwardly through the opening in the sidewalk and into operating contact with said vehicle and a door for i the opening in the sidewalk adapted to be opened and closed by the movement of said conveyor casing.

4:. In an apparatus for transferring valuables between a building and an'armored travel ng conveyance an integral rigid tubular armored casing of generally rectangular cross section adapted to be longitudinally reciprocated to form a communication between the building and the conveyance, article carrying means including a relatively fiat wide endless belt conveyor system' both the top and bottom belt portions of which are located near the bottom of the casing and are completely housed within and protected by the said casing, and means for -reciprocating the casing to establish communlcation between the building and the con- Veyance.

Signed at New Yorkcity, New York and State of New York this 30th day of July, A. D. 1929.

ALBERT W. BERG.

operating contact in the county of 

